ReadersMagnet Reviews | Jaime and the Yellow Clay by Rajhon Dodd

How do you impart a golden life lesson to a young audience? How do you share your own grief and triumph in a way that it makes up for a light read? Today, we take a look at a brief but brilliant story by Rajhon Dodd. ReadersMagnet Book Review presents Jaime and the Yellow Clay.

Jaime and the Yellow Clay

Rajhon
Dodd

ISBN 978-1-6357-5912-9

February 11, 2019

38 Pages

Keeping it simple and
short

Jaime and the Yellow Clay is a children’s illustrated book
by Rajhon Dodd. It tells the story of a young student named Jaime. Every day at
school, Jaime is given a yellow clay to work on. Jaime’s favorite color is blue
and every day, he wished that his teacher will give him the blue clay. Each
day, the teacher asks them to make a sculpture with their respective clays.
Every day, Jaime refuses because he doesn’t want to work with a yellow clay. He
cannot think of anything to do with a yellow clay. As each day passes, Jaime
observe that his classmates are making red snakes, green moons, and other stuff
that did not match the real colors of these items.

Jaime’s mom told him that getting the yellow clay means that
he is special. Jaime disagrees. One day, the teacher decided to have them work
on the clay a bit longer and have them present it to class. After working on
his yellow clay, Jaime went in front and presented his own sculpture made of
yellow clay. Jaime told the whole class that his sculpture is a miner’s pan and
that the tiny round objects are golden nuggets from the river. The teacher then
told Jaime that he had done great by producing a beautiful thing out of
something he did not like or desired.

Molding a lesson nice and
slow

Rajhon Dodd’s Jaime and
the Yellow Clay is a wonderful example of building phase and a fitting ending. He
begins by establishing his love for the color blue and everything blue. He then
takes the readers to a recurring scene- Jaime getting the same yellow clay from
his teacher every day and not working on the yellow clay. This established the
theme of the story- desiring for one thing and not be grateful with what is
given. Finally, Rajhon Dodd brings the lesson home with Jaime realizing that he
must make do with the thing that he is given. To be able to find contentment
and feel gratitude with what you have is a golden lesson that Jaime and the
Yellow Clay successfully imparts to its young readers.

ReadersMagnet Review
recommends Rajhon Dodd’s Jaime and the Yellow Clay to young readers, ages 6 to
9 years old. It is a wonderful read and with a masterfully drawn lesson behind
it.

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